A Sense of Huber

Hi, I'm Sara Huber. Farmer, food lover, head of schemes, funny faces, and making up silly songs at Shared Seasons. This is my endeavor to write a little something about our experiences running a small farm, living in a tiny house, and generally living more life than can fit into 24 hours.

1) We don't use petroleum (synthetic) fertilizers. We add nutrition to the soil with compost, manure, and planting cover crops. Synthetic fertilizers are a problem because they often run off fields and pollute waterways.

2) We don't use any herbicides or non-organic pesticides. We use weeding tools and our hands to get rid of unwanted plants in the field. To manage pests, we mostly use physical barriers (row cover) to keep pests out, and occasionally use organic approved pesticides. Again, herbicides and pesticides can pollute water. Both strong herbicides and pesticides can create resistant super weeds and super bugs that are a problem for everyone.

3) We don't use GMOs. We'll leave the detailed debate for another newsletter article, but in the end, we feel that avoiding GMO crops is better for the environment as well as farmers and consumers.